Light Phone 2

juliangoldsmith · on March 1, 2018

It's a phone that sends texts, places calls, and has an alarm.

Why would you pay $250 for this, rather than buy a $30 feature phone?

robotbikes · on March 1, 2018

To express a certain aesthetic, like the reason people buy expensive couches or clothes.

jesperlang · on March 2, 2018

Ignoring the ridiculous price tag this phone is as close to what I'm looking for yet. I also want to go lighter but a major thing for me is battery life. Light Phone 2 is aiming at 5 days stand by, why are we still dealing with battery life in terms of days, not weeks or months?

So, that means my Nokia 120 is still an awesome phone with 3-4 weeks of battery life, calls, texts, radio, alarm and a 32GB (via micro SD) music player. And that at a tenth of the price of Light Phone 2.

j-walker · on March 1, 2018

"Due to the telecommunications landscape right now, it may not be possible to seamlessly maintain your primary number for all instances, for example it is not possible to forward messages with most carriers we have explored."

This pretty much kills it IMO. When someone is trying to reach you they have to message two numbers?

ibdf · on March 1, 2018

They removed all but basic functionality of a standard smartphone but want to charge $400 (retail price). No thanks.

Seems like all new technology now you add some buzz words to it and you can suddenly double or triple the price.

anotheryou · on March 4, 2018

I like the design.

Someone should make a matte, black phone shell that goes over the screen, bundled with an app with an UI like this phone has.